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SDePER: a hybrid machine learning and regression method for cell-type deconvolution of spatial barcoding-based transcriptomic data
Liu Y, Li N, Qi J, Xu G, Zhao J, Wang N, Huang X, Jiang W, Wei H, Justet A, Adams T, Homer R, Amei A, Rosas I, Kaminski N, Wang Z, Yan X. SDePER: a hybrid machine learning and regression method for cell-type deconvolution of spatial barcoding-based transcriptomic data. Genome Biology 2024, 25: 271. PMID: 39402626, PMCID: PMC11475911, DOI: 10.1186/s13059-024-03416-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscriptomics of bronchoalveolar lavage cells identifies new molecular endotypes of sarcoidosis
Vukmirovic M, Yan X, Gibson KF, Gulati M, Schupp JC, DeIuliis G, Adams TS, Hu B, Mihaljinec A, Woolard TN, Lynn H, Emeagwali N, Herzog EL, Chen ES, Morris A, Leader JK, Zhang Y, Garcia JGN, Maier LA, Collman RG, Drake WP, Becich MJ, Hochheiser H, Wisniewski SR, Benos PV, Moller DR, Prasse A, Koth LL, Kaminski N. Transcriptomics of bronchoalveolar lavage cells identifies new molecular endotypes of sarcoidosis. European Respiratory Journal 2021, 58: 2002950. PMID: 34083402, PMCID: PMC9759791, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02950-2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeighted gene co-expression network analysisGene co-expression network analysisCo-expression network analysisGene expression programsGene expression patternsDistinct transcriptional programsImmune response pathwaysIon Torrent ProtonMicroarray expression datasetsExpression programsTranscriptional programsPhenotypic traitsGene modulesResponse pathwaysRNA sequencingMolecular endotypesExpression patternsGene expressionHilar lymphadenopathyOrgan involvementGenomic researchMechanistic targetExpression datasetsT helper type 1T cell immune responses
2023
Integrated Analysis of Tracheobronchial Fluid from Before and After Cardiopulmonary Bypass Reveals Activation of the Integrated Stress Response and Altered Pulmonary Microvascular Permeability
Habet V, Li N, Qi J, Peng G, Charkoftaki G, Vasiliou V, Sharma L, Pober J, Dela Cruz C, Yan X, Pierce R. Integrated Analysis of Tracheobronchial Fluid from Before and After Cardiopulmonary Bypass Reveals Activation of the Integrated Stress Response and Altered Pulmonary Microvascular Permeability. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2023, 96: 23-42. PMID: 37009190, PMCID: PMC10052603, DOI: 10.59249/kfyz8002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntegrated stress responseProteomic analysisTranscriptional activityStress responseSingle-cell RNA sequencingCell RNA sequencingHuman pulmonary microvascular endothelial cellsMulti-omics approachCell type annotationRespiratory transport chainUnbiased proteomic analysisUpregulation of proteinsIngenuity Pathway AnalysisCardiopulmonary bypassCell clusteringProtective cellular responseFunctional cellular assaysDistinct cell populationsDEG analysisCellular phenotypesRNA sequencingPathway analysisTransport chainCellular responsesImmune cells
2020
Approaches for integrating heterogeneous RNA-seq data reveal cross-talk between microbes and genes in asthmatic patients
Spakowicz D, Lou S, Barron B, Gomez JL, Li T, Liu Q, Grant N, Yan X, Hoyd R, Weinstock G, Chupp GL, Gerstein M. Approaches for integrating heterogeneous RNA-seq data reveal cross-talk between microbes and genes in asthmatic patients. Genome Biology 2020, 21: 150. PMID: 32571363, PMCID: PMC7310008, DOI: 10.1186/s13059-020-02033-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Transcriptional regulatory model of fibrosis progression in the human lung
McDonough JE, Ahangari F, Li Q, Jain S, Verleden SE, Herazo-Maya J, Vukmirovic M, DeIuliis G, Tzouvelekis A, Tanabe N, Chu F, Yan X, Verschakelen J, Homer RJ, Manatakis DV, Zhang J, Ding J, Maes K, De Sadeleer L, Vos R, Neyrinck A, Benos PV, Bar-Joseph Z, Tantin D, Hogg JC, Vanaudenaerde BM, Wuyts WA, Kaminski N. Transcriptional regulatory model of fibrosis progression in the human lung. JCI Insight 2019, 4 PMID: 31600171, PMCID: PMC6948862, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.131597.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisAdvanced fibrosisAlveolar surface densityFibrosis progressionLung fibrosisHuman lungDynamic Regulatory Events MinerExtent of fibrosisIPF lungsPulmonary fibrosisControl lungsIPF tissueB lymphocytesFibrosisLungLinear mixed-effects modelsMixed-effects modelsGene expression changesSystems biology modelsDifferential gene expression analysisGene expression analysisProgressionGene expression networksRNA sequencingBiology models
2017
Identification and validation of differentially expressed transcripts by RNA-sequencing of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) lung tissue from patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Vukmirovic M, Herazo-Maya JD, Blackmon J, Skodric-Trifunovic V, Jovanovic D, Pavlovic S, Stojsic J, Zeljkovic V, Yan X, Homer R, Stefanovic B, Kaminski N. Identification and validation of differentially expressed transcripts by RNA-sequencing of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) lung tissue from patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2017, 17: 15. PMID: 28081703, PMCID: PMC5228096, DOI: 10.1186/s12890-016-0356-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPaired-end sequencingTranscript profilingHuman genomeRNA sequencingTranscriptomic profilingFFPE lung tissuesSequencing readsLung tissueTotal RNABackgroundIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisLethal lung diseaseSequencingReadsProfilingPulmonary fibrosisLung diseaseUnknown etiologyIPF tissueGenomeHiSeqTissueTopHat2GenesIPFRNA